Best Chocolate Cake recipe using Cake mix

🍫 Chocolate Cake Using Premix (Soft & Moist)

Ingredients For the Cake

500 g chocolate cake premix
450 ml full cream milk
80 ml oil or melted butter
1 tsp vanilla essence

👉 All ingredients should be at room temperature
Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Grease the base of the cake tin and line it with butter paper.
❌ Do not grease the sides of the tin.

In a large bowl, add the cake premix, milk, oil/melted butter, and vanilla essence.
Mix gently until everything is well combined and lump-free. Do not overmix.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin.
Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let the cake cool completely before cutting or frosting.

🍫 Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
100 ml fresh cream
260 g couverture chocolate (45% cocoa)
30 g butter
A pinch of salt
A few drops of vanilla essence

Method

Heat the fresh cream and butter together until it just comes to a boil.
Switch off the flame.
Add the chopped chocolate, salt, and vanilla essence.
Let it sit for 1–2 minutes, then mix gently until smooth.
Strain the ganache through a sieve for a silky texture.
Set aside and allow it to cool completely.

🍫 Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
1 litre Tropolite whipping cream
Prepared chocolate ganache (cooled)
Method
Whip the Tropolite cream for 2 minutes.
Add the ganache gradually in parts.
Continue whipping until you get stiff peaks.
☕ Sugar Syrup (Optional Coffee Flavour)
Ingredients
200 ml water
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp instant coffee powder (optional)
Mix everything together
Add coffee powder if needed

🎂 Assembling the Cake
Slice the cake into layers.
Brush each layer with sugar syrup.
Apply chocolate frosting evenly.
Frost the outside and decorate as desired.
Enjoy !